Sestos
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Sestos
Subject
The correspondence Byron wrote and some of which he received during the tour.
Description
Visited the day of 1810-05-03 the famous swim. An ancient Greek town of the Thracian Chersonese, the modern
Gallipoli peninsula in European Turkey. Situated on the Hellespont opposite Abydos, it was the home of Hero in the legend of Hero and Leander, where according to legend she lived in a tower overlooking the sea. Sestos was an Aeolian
colony, as it was founded by settlers from Lesbos. The ruins of the town are near to the modern settlement of Eceabat. Wiki
Gallipoli peninsula in European Turkey. Situated on the Hellespont opposite Abydos, it was the home of Hero in the legend of Hero and Leander, where according to legend she lived in a tower overlooking the sea. Sestos was an Aeolian
colony, as it was founded by settlers from Lesbos. The ruins of the town are near to the modern settlement of Eceabat. Wiki
Creator
Paul M Curtis
Source
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. Byron’s Letters and Journals. Ed. Leslie A. Marchand. 13 vols. London: John Murray 1973–94.
Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/
Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/
Publisher
The Byron Online Project: http://byrononlineproject.com
Date
13 April 2014
Contributor
Paul M Curtis
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License.
Relation
David Radcliffe's "Lord Byron and his Times:"
http://www.lordbyron.org/
http://www.lordbyron.org/
Language
English
Type
Place
Coverage
English Romanticism, George Gordon, sixth Baron Byron, 1788-1824, 1809-1811
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Sestos
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Paul M Curtis, “Sestos,” ByronOnlineProject, accessed April 26, 2024, https://byrononlineproject.com/items/show/414.
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- Byron to Henry Drury, from the Salsette, off the Dardanelles, May 3rd 1810 (23) [Place Mentions]
- Byron to Francis Hodgson, from the Salsette, May 5th 1810 (24) [Place Mentions]
- Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, from Constantinople, May 18th 1810 (25) [Place Mentions]
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Byron to John Hanson, from Constantinople, May 23rd 1810 (26)
[Place Mentions] - Byron to Henry Drury, from Constantinople, June 17th 1810 (30) [Place Mentions]
- Byron to R.C. Dallas, from Constantinople, June 23rd 1810 (32) [Place Mentions]
- Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, from Constantinople, June 28th 1810 (33) [Place Mentions]
- Byron to Francis Hodgson, from Constantinople, July 4th 1810 (36) [Place Mentions]
- Byron to Edward Ellice, from Constantinople, July 4th, 1810* (37) [Place Mentions]
- Byron to Scrope Berdmore Davies, from Patras, July 31st 1810 (43) [Place Mentions]
- Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, from Patras, October 2nd 1810 (47) [Place Mentions]
- Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, January 14th 1811 (60) [Place Mentions]
- Byron to R.C. Dallas, from the Volage, June 28th 1811 (79) [Place Mentions]
- Byron to Henry Drury, from the Volage, July 7th 1811 (84) [Place Mentions]
- Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, from Constantinople, May 24th 1810 (27) [Place Mentions]